The Opening Up of International Organizations: Transnational Access in Global Governance. By Jonas Tallberg, Thomas Sommerer, Theresa Squatrito, and Christer Jönsson. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 334p. $110.00 cloth, $39.99 paper.

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 288-290
Author(s):  
Alexandru Grigorescu
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Opening Up

Global Migration Governance

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas R. Micinski ◽  
Thomas G. Weiss
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
International Ngos ◽  
The Face ◽  
Conflicting Interests ◽  
And Migration

Global migration governance has evolved dramatically over the last quarter-century through increased international forums, bilateral and regional initiatives, and global responses. This article describes why international cooperation on migration has been so difficult by examining the factors that encourage and discourage cooperation. In the face of increasing pressure, the United Nations and other international organizations have taken up the challenge to build a more reliable and institutionalized architecture that moves beyond coordination and recent crises. This article considers two recent efforts: the Global Migration Group and the 2016 New York Declaration on Migrants and Refugees. Both cases show the conflicting interests of UN member states and competition among UN agencies and international NGOs. While there is much noise and activity around global governance of migration, it is unclear that the emerging norms and institutions will bring greater coherence or have more of an impact on refugee and migration policies worldwide.

Part VII Structure and Operations, Ch.39 Secretariats

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piiparinen Touko
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Power Bases ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
The Way

This chapter analyzes the traditional, ‘Weberian’ bureaucratic powers of the international secretariats of international organizations (IOs). It argues that globalization is opening up new, post-Weberian power bases for secretariats and IOs at large which were not envisaged in Weber's time. These new power bases include emerging global networks of cooperation between secretariats and other actors involved in global governance, which further reinforce the bureaucratic powers of secretariats by enabling them to exchange expertise and specialized information, best practices, and lessons learned in a flexible and swift manner. The chapter draws upon an in-depth case study of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretariat to illustrate the way in which secretariats exert the aforementioned Weberian and post-Weberian powers in practice.

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